Edward Plummer

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About Edward Plummer

Successful Business Analyst with 8 years of international experience working on software development projects. Award-winning professional effective in delivering solutions across diverse business environments. Articulate communicator with detail orientation, organization and multi-tasking skills. Proven problem-solving skills applied in Fortune 100 and consultancy roles.

Professional History

Lead Business Analyst

Full-time Employee

From Feb 2008 to Sep 2009

Elicited business requirements through JAD sessions with client teams and prepared technical requirement documents to support the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection permitting and enforcement regulations.Expertly captured the business and technical requirements enabling the same document to be used by both the users and the development team. Demonstrated versatility and technical understanding by preparing technical specifications for the GUI, the application layer and the data tier.Completed assigned tasks within aggressive timelines required to meet regulatory and budgetary constraints while delivering a quality product able to withstand a strict client acceptance process.A key contributor who assisted team members with their assigned tasks to ensure all project timelines were met.Provided independent verification and validation of project deliverables of less experienced team members ensuring accuracy of subject matter and compliance with quality assurance standards.Performed system testing to identify any issues with the component interfaces and overall system consistency and quality; all issues were reported through the proprietary Issue Tracker application.Managed project scope by analyzing client-identified UAT issues and distinguished new requirements from defects.

Independent Consultant

Full-time Employee

From Oct 2007 to Feb 2008

Spear-headed system security review, delivered project and action plans to ensure a complete analysis of the components supporting user access across numerous global systems.Managed the validation of existing user accounts for a web-based portal application, this required working with remote marketing and customer service groups along with technical support contacts.

Business Systems Analyst

Full-time Employee

From Apr 2005 to Jun 2007

Managed the transition of core processes and transaction flows from a local ExxonMobil company to the preferred global model supported by SAP R/3 back-bone. Demonstrated a thorough and structured approach in capturing the large numbers of tasks to be completed to ensure seamless transition of invoicing, account receivables and inventory management.Guaranteed SOX compliance by developing and maintaining controls catalogs, risk assessments, and decision records for numerous critical systems.Eliminated inefficiencies and business risks by identifying and managing the transition of specific administrative activities to a centralized function.Developed reports to fulfill accurate and timely requests from the French custom authorities to prevent financial penalties.Supervised new employee providing mentoring and formal evaluation.

Business Analyst

Full-time Employee

From Feb 2002 to Apr 2005

Identified significant issue and managed system implementation of the required changes to the ExxonMobil Aviation accounts receivable report; the report was used to monitor $700M of receivables in an industry plagued by bankruptcy.Captured and resolved conflicting business requirements from regional offices and communicated needs to system team.Managed $0.25M budget for systems enhancements utilizing a rigorous change management process. Prioritized requests based on business need and performed cost benefit analysis to ensure effective use of limited funding.Documented and reviewed requirements with the development team, performed user acceptance testing, refining requirements through iterative development cycles.Analyzed reported application issues and provided user training where necessary. Legitimate application issues were then reported to US-based technical systems team for resolution.

Production Scheduler

Full-time Employee

From Jul 1999 to Nov 2000

Developed and maintained the production operations schedule for the manufacture of high quality engineered components.Analyzed commercial-off-the-shelf management information system to determine how areas of the existing business would function using the new software. Mapped existing data to the new database structure.